The Middle East region represents one of the world’s fastest growing mobile subscription markets with a 47% year-over-year increase in 2008, even as the world economy struggles and slows, according to figures from Informa Telecoms & Media at this year’s GSM 3G Middle East Conference in Dubai.Globally, subscription growth of 11.7% is still expected for 2009, driven by increasingly mobile and growing populations, but the economies of Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East will be the engine for this growth, with a regional forecast of more than 15% subscription growth for the next year. In contrast, growth of just below 5% is expected in Western Europe and 5.6% in North America in 2009.To read this Mena Report in full, see www.menareport.com/en/business/238654.Also see:Mobile subscription to grow in Gulf states
Despite the global economic slowdown, the mobile telephony subscription market in the world is expected to grow further next year, driven by the growing demand in the Middle East region, according to data released at the GSM 3G Middle East Conference held in Dubai.
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Middle East mobile subscription rates set to hit 15 percent growth in 2009
The Middle East region represents one of the world’s fastest growing mobile subscription markets with a 47% year-over-year increase in 2008, even as the world economy struggles and slows, according to figures from Informa Telecoms & Media at this year’s GSM 3G Middle East Conference in Dubai.